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 ====== HEADQUARTERS OF THE FRONTIER SUPPLY COMPANY ====== ====== HEADQUARTERS OF THE FRONTIER SUPPLY COMPANY ======
  
 +{{:headquarters_of_the_frontier_supply_company.png?direct&400|}}
 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
  
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 Opened in March 2626, the [[frontier_supply_company|Frontier Supply Company]] (FSC) headquarters bundled warehouse, mechanical workshop, cassette‑packing floor, and a tiny dispatch office into one long, riveted hangar. From here, [[Talia “Quickshot” Maren |Talia “Quickshot” Maren]] scaled a single prototype dispenser into the planet-spanning [[frontier_quickdraw_network|Frontier Quickdraw Network]], supplying essential goods to every corner of the [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]]. Opened in March 2626, the [[frontier_supply_company|Frontier Supply Company]] (FSC) headquarters bundled warehouse, mechanical workshop, cassette‑packing floor, and a tiny dispatch office into one long, riveted hangar. From here, [[Talia “Quickshot” Maren |Talia “Quickshot” Maren]] scaled a single prototype dispenser into the planet-spanning [[frontier_quickdraw_network|Frontier Quickdraw Network]], supplying essential goods to every corner of the [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]].
  
-The complex operated until the 2631 [[peace_treaty|Peace Treaty]] brought the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] and its [[communardism|Communardist]] controls. Private distribution channels were nationalized; the site was seized, its inventory redirected to [[federal_allotment-center|Federal Allotment Centers]], and the remaining infrastructure folded into the [[federal_allotment_agency|Federal Allotment Agency]]. The building was decommissioned by late 2631 and partially stripped for reuse elsewhere.+The complex operated until the 2631 [[peace_treaty|Peace Treaty]] brought the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] and its [[communardism|Communardist]] controls. Private distribution channels were nationalized; the site was seized, its inventory redirected to [[federal_allottment-center|Federal Allotment Centers]], and the remaining infrastructure folded into the [[federal_allotment_agency|Federal Allotment Agency]]. The building was decommissioned by late 2631 and partially stripped for reuse elsewhere.
  
 ===== Architectural Significance ===== ===== Architectural Significance =====
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   * **Construction Material:** Sandwich of hull plates and freight-crate timber over a bolted truss skeleton salvaged from Last Frontier cargo gantries.   * **Construction Material:** Sandwich of hull plates and freight-crate timber over a bolted truss skeleton salvaged from Last Frontier cargo gantries.
   * **Floors:** Single sprawling ground level plus a narrow mezzanine catwalk system over the packing lines.   * **Floors:** Single sprawling ground level plus a narrow mezzanine catwalk system over the packing lines.
-  * **Design Purpose:** A linear “cassette loop” — producer goods arrive at the north dock, get packed into standardized Quickdraw cassettes mid‑hall, and roll out the south doors to courier carts. +  * **Design Purpose:** A linear “refill loop” — producer goods arrive at the north dock, are sorted and packed into sealed refill crates and sachet bundles mid‑hall, then slide out the south doors to courier carts for on‑site cassette refills.
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-Patchwork plating, exposed spring-winders, and chute-test rigs gave the interior a tinkerer’s lab vibe more than a corporate HQ.+
  
 ===== Building Structure ===== ===== Building Structure =====
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 ==== Ground Floor ==== ==== Ground Floor ====
  
-  * **Packing Hall:**Long benches where Refill Prep Crews sorted soaps, nutrition packs, snacks, and chew meats into sealed refill crates and sachet bundles — ready for courier runs.+  * **Packing Hall:** Long benches where Refill Prep Crews sorted soaps, nutrition packs, snacks, and chew meats into sealed refill crates and sachet bundles — ready for courier runs.
   * **Mechanics Bay:** Racks of torsion springs, weighted levers, and gravity chutes; technicians calibrated pull strengths and drop angles for each Quickdraw model.   * **Mechanics Bay:** Racks of torsion springs, weighted levers, and gravity chutes; technicians calibrated pull strengths and drop angles for each Quickdraw model.
   * **Bulk Warehouse Bay:** High-bay shelving for unopened producer crates; climate screens for heat‑sensitive goods and a lockable quarantine cage for suspect or damaged stock.   * **Bulk Warehouse Bay:** High-bay shelving for unopened producer crates; climate screens for heat‑sensitive goods and a lockable quarantine cage for suspect or damaged stock.
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 ==== Mezzanine Catwalks ==== ==== Mezzanine Catwalks ====
  
-  * **Founder’s Nook:** Talia’s perch above the mechanics bay—maps of settlements pinned with brass tacks, strings marking install routes.+  * **Founder’s Nook:** Talia’s perch above the mechanics bay — maps of settlements pinned with brass tacks, strings marking install routes.
   * **Contract Alcove:** Three desks and a battered stamp press where revenue-share agreements were negotiated and logged.   * **Contract Alcove:** Three desks and a battered stamp press where revenue-share agreements were negotiated and logged.
   * **Tool Crib & Parts Bins:** Labeled drawers of springs, ratchets, chute flaps, and spare coin-clutch gears.   * **Tool Crib & Parts Bins:** Labeled drawers of springs, ratchets, chute flaps, and spare coin-clutch gears.
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 ===== Look and Feel ===== ===== Look and Feel =====
  
-The HQ smelled of oiled steel, cardboard, and a faint tang of ration-pack preservative. Light leaked through mismatched hull seams, tracing dust motes over rows of numbered cassettes. Springs twanged and ratchets clicked as techs stress-tested mechanisms; every so often a dropped lever clattered through a gravity chute, punctuating the steady rasp of hand files.+The HQ smelled of cardboard, and a faint tang of ration-pack preservative. Light leaked through mismatched hull seams, tracing dust motes over rows of numbered cassettes. Springs twanged and ratchets clicked as techs stress-tested mechanisms; every so often a dropped lever clattered through a gravity chute, punctuating the steady rasp of hand files.
  
-Hand-painted hazard stripes edged the railings; chalk diagrams of drop angles and pull-force curves covered sheet-metal walls. Couriers in patched leathers hauled crates up plank ramps, while ledger clerks scratched tallies into grease-stained books. Outside and through the bay doors, refill- and maintenance courier riders on snorting [[hoos|Hoos]] clomped in and out — dismounting to grab crates, tightening saddle panniers, then kicking off again toward the next Quickdraw on their route. Everything felt provisional yet precise —improvised materials bent into reliable service by stubborn ingenuity. Most of the HQ’s bones and skins were salvaged [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]] hull ribs, cargo rails, cryo‑freezer panels, and crate timber —bolted, braced, and tar‑sealed into an improvised patchwork that somehow held together.+Hand-painted hazard stripes edged the railings; chalk diagrams of drop angles and pull-force curves covered sheet-metal walls. Couriers in patched leathers hauled crates up plank ramps, while ledger clerks scratched tallies into grease-stained books. Outside and through the bay doors, refill- and maintenance courier riders on snorting [[veyra|Veyras]] clomped in and out — dismounting to grab crates, tightening saddle panniers, then kicking off again toward the next Quickdraw on their route. Everything felt provisional yet precise —improvised materials bent into reliable service by stubborn ingenuity. Most of the HQ’s bones and skins were salvaged [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]] hull ribs, cargo rails, cryo‑freezer panels, and crate timber —bolted, braced, and tar‑sealed into an improvised patchwork that somehow held together.
  
 ===== Roles and Responsibilities ===== ===== Roles and Responsibilities =====
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   * **Receiving Clerks (2):** Check producer shipments, stencil codes, and enter share data into ledgers.   * **Receiving Clerks (2):** Check producer shipments, stencil codes, and enter share data into ledgers.
   * **Courier Dispatcher (1):** Matches refill routes to rider schedules; tracks empty cassette returns.   * **Courier Dispatcher (1):** Matches refill routes to rider schedules; tracks empty cassette returns.
-  * **Refill & Maintenance Couriers (8):** Ride Hoos to each Quickdraw, restock goods on-site, fine‑tune springs and chutes, log sales and maintenance in field ledgers, and haul back empty crates.+  * **Refill & Maintenance Couriers (8):** [[Refill and Maintenance Couriers |Refill and Maintenance Couriers]] ride Veyras to each Quickdraw, restock goods on-site, fine‑tune springs and chutes, log sales and maintenance in field ledgers, and haul back empty crates.
  
 **Automated / Semi-Automated Aids** **Automated / Semi-Automated Aids**
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 ===== Security Measures ===== ===== Security Measures =====
  
-  * **Bar-Latch Gates:** Heavy slide bars drop across both loading doors after dispatch; only Talia and the Dispatcher carry the iron keys.+  * **Locked Doors:** After closing time all exterior loading and annex doors are locked and bolted; only Talia Maren carries the iron key. 
 +  * **Warehouse Lockdown:** The Bulk Warehouse Bay is padlocked and chain‑braced; access requires both Maren’s key and the Refill Prep Crew supervisor’s seal-stamp.
   * **Manual Alarm Whistle:** A compressed-air horn at the annex window blasts three long notes to summon nearby [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Troopers]].     * **Manual Alarm Whistle:** A compressed-air horn at the annex window blasts three long notes to summon nearby [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Troopers]].  
   * **Regular Patrols:** A local [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Troopers]] Unit patrols the Industrial Ring regularly   * **Regular Patrols:** A local [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Troopers]] Unit patrols the Industrial Ring regularly
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 ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters ===== ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====
  
-Use the HQ as a flexible set-piece—busy depot, tense raid site, or post-nationalization ruin: +Use the HQ as a flexible set-piece — busy depot, tense raid site, or post-nationalization ruin:
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-Jam Crisis: A critical junction machine reports repeated jams; players must rush a rebuilt spring assembly through hostile territory.+
  
-Seizure Standoff: Federal agents arrive to seize the building; staff scramble to hide ledgers or smuggle key parts out.+==== Adventure Hook Example: ====
  
-Ruin Crawl: After shutdown, the stripped shell hides scavengers, leftover cassettes, or clues to black-market supply lines.+  * **Poisoned Bottle Blackmail:** [[talia_quickshot_maren|Talia "Quickshot" Maren]], founder of the Frontier Supply Company, is in full panic mode. She just got a ransom note demanding 10.000 [[Kourou|Kourou]] by next Friday — or more Quickdraw goods will turn lethal. One water bottle’s already been tainted, and every vending‑machine staple could be next: the [[starshine_schnapps|Starshine Schnaps]], [[chew_meat_strips|Chew Meat Strips]], even the [[emergency_space_nutrition-pack|Emergency Space Nutrition Packs]] and [[dry_shampoo_and_soap_kit|Dry Shampoo & Soap Kits]].Talia hires the PC to Intercept the poisoned bottle before it reaches a customer, trace the breach in her supply chain and to unmask the saboteur …
  
 ===== Related Pages and Further Information ===== ===== Related Pages and Further Information =====
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   * [[frontier_supply_company|Frontier Supply Company]]   * [[frontier_supply_company|Frontier Supply Company]]
   * [[frontier_quickdraw_network|Frontier Quickdraw Network]]   * [[frontier_quickdraw_network|Frontier Quickdraw Network]]
 +  * [[Refill and Maintenance Couriers |Refill and Maintenance Couriers]]
   * [[federal_allottment-center|Federal Allotment Centers]] (successor, [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]])   * [[federal_allottment-center|Federal Allotment Centers]] (successor, [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]])
  
  
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